Microsoft Excel Contracts in England

Microsoft Excel
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Excel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Excel over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 68 83
Rank change year-on-year -1 +15 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Excel 1,077 1,690 2,145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.91% 3.34% 3.02%
As % of the Applications category 36.51% 43.94% 39.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 1,129 1,452
10th Percentile £180 £200 £191
25th Percentile £285 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% -5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £561 £575 £551
90th Percentile £727 £687 £675
UK median daily rate £440 £425 £428
% change year-on-year +3.53% -0.70% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 89 140
10th Percentile £11.42 £13.00 £10.49
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.03 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.80 £25.00 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year -40.80% +21.89% +3.39%
75th Percentile £24.00 £53.35 £32.81
90th Percentile £34.49 £65.15 £44.68
UK median hourly rate £14.80 £22.75 £19.52
% change year-on-year -34.95% +16.55% +3.97%

All Software Application Skills
England

Microsoft Excel is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,950 3,846 5,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.98% 7.61% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,484 2,547 3,548
10th Percentile £160 £195 £158
25th Percentile £213 £286 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +1.18% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £657 £688 £644
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 585 229 404
10th Percentile £11.69 £14.14 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £19.35 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £39.00 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +79.31% +8.75%
75th Percentile £38.75 £52.97 £45.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%

Microsoft Excel
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Microsoft Excel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Excel in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Excel in England

Microsoft Excel
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Excel within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -5 476 £450 -4.26% 540
South East +1 165 £350 -11.05% 328
North of England 0 149 £475 +28.38% 308
East of England +10 115 £350 -6.67% 151
North West +16 114 £475 +23.30% 181
Midlands -22 76 £413 +3.13% 227
South West +13 75 £500 +7.07% 121
West Midlands -15 49 £425 +6.92% 128
East Midlands +3 27 £180 -55.00% 99
Yorkshire -28 27 £500 +33.33% 84
North East +19 8 £230 -21.54% 47
Microsoft Excel
UK

Microsoft Excel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 100 (9.29%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.71%) Confluence
3 23 (2.14%) IIS
4 17 (1.58%) Apache
5 15 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (1.30%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.56%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.46%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.37%) SAS
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.28%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.19%) Documentum
12 1 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 423 (39.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 386 (35.84%) Microsoft Office
3 100 (9.29%) MS Visio
4 85 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
5 78 (7.24%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.93%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.37%) SPSS
8 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.28%) Camtasia
8 3 (0.28%) InDesign
8 3 (0.28%) MicroStation
9 2 (0.19%) Revit
10 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (0.74%) ION MarketView
2 8 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.65%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.56%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.46%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.46%) SmartPlant
6 4 (0.37%) OPENHousing
6 4 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
8 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.19%) WebTrends
9 1 (0.093%) Hyperion Planning
9 1 (0.093%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.093%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 164 (15.23%) Power Platform
2 70 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (6.04%) Azure
4 21 (1.95%) Power Automate
5 20 (1.86%) SaaS
6 17 (1.58%) Entra ID
6 17 (1.58%) Google Workspace
7 14 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.21%) Collibra
8 13 (1.21%) IaaS
8 13 (1.21%) PaaS
9 12 (1.11%) AWS
9 12 (1.11%) PowerApps
10 10 (0.93%) OneDrive
11 8 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.56%) OCI
14 5 (0.46%) Google Sheets
14 5 (0.46%) Oracle Service Cloud
14 5 (0.46%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.67%) Internet
2 16 (1.49%) HTTP
2 16 (1.49%) WAN
2 16 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (1.30%) H.323
3 14 (1.30%) LAN
3 14 (1.30%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.11%) FIX Connectivity
5 9 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (0.84%) Wireless
6 8 (0.74%) Intranet
6 8 (0.74%) PSTN
6 8 (0.74%) Skype
7 6 (0.56%) VoIP
8 5 (0.46%) 4G
8 5 (0.46%) 5G
8 5 (0.46%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.46%) VPN
9 4 (0.37%) GGSN
9 4 (0.37%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (14.86%) Power BI
2 71 (6.59%) SQL Server
3 36 (3.34%) Tableau
4 34 (3.16%) Oracle Database
5 20 (1.86%) Metadata
6 16 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.30%) PowerPivot
9 10 (0.93%) Big Data
9 10 (0.93%) Power Query
9 10 (0.93%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.84%) Data Mining
10 9 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (0.74%) GIS
12 7 (0.65%) MS Access
12 7 (0.65%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Power View
14 5 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 3 (0.28%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 78 (7.24%) JIRA
2 11 (1.02%) Git
2 11 (1.02%) TeamCity
3 6 (0.56%) Hudson
3 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 2 (0.19%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.19%) JUnit
5 2 (0.19%) Mockito
5 2 (0.19%) ScalaTest
5 2 (0.19%) Subversion
5 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.093%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.093%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.093%) NUnit
6 1 (0.093%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.093%) RStudio
6 1 (0.093%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.093%) Zephyr
General
1 461 (42.80%) Social Skills
2 358 (33.24%) Finance
3 273 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (9.19%) Organisational Skills
5 96 (8.91%) Banking
6 91 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
7 83 (7.71%) Telecoms
8 65 (6.04%) Legal
9 56 (5.20%) Public Sector
10 47 (4.36%) Front Office
11 46 (4.27%) Marketing
12 45 (4.18%) Retail
13 35 (3.25%) Manufacturing
14 34 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (2.97%) Mandarin Language
16 27 (2.51%) Billing
17 24 (2.23%) Investment Banking
18 23 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
19 17 (1.58%) Local Government
20 16 (1.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 300 (27.86%) Analyst
2 89 (8.26%) Administrator
3 81 (7.52%) Developer
4 68 (6.31%) Lead
5 60 (5.57%) Data Analyst
6 57 (5.29%) Business Analyst
6 57 (5.29%) Senior
7 48 (4.46%) Service Analyst
8 41 (3.81%) Project Manager
9 40 (3.71%) C# Developer
10 38 (3.53%) Coordinator
11 30 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
12 29 (2.69%) Service Desk Analyst
13 26 (2.41%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
13 26 (2.41%) Support Engineer
14 23 (2.14%) IT Support
15 21 (1.95%) Project Leader
16 20 (1.86%) .NET Developer
17 19 (1.76%) Data Manager
17 19 (1.76%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.71%) .NET
2 30 (2.79%) .NET Framework
3 19 (1.76%) SailPoint
4 18 (1.67%) HTML
4 18 (1.67%) XML
5 12 (1.11%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (1.02%) CSS
6 11 (1.02%) WPF
7 9 (0.84%) WinForms
8 8 (0.74%) WCF
9 6 (0.56%) JSON
10 5 (0.46%) Lucene
11 3 (0.28%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.28%) ATL
12 2 (0.19%) ActiveX
12 2 (0.19%) ADO
12 2 (0.19%) Ajax
12 2 (0.19%) DOM
12 2 (0.19%) jQuery
12 2 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 107 (9.94%) Management Information System
2 51 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (3.34%) Derivative
4 27 (2.51%) Fixed Income
5 26 (2.41%) Virtual Team
6 19 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (1.67%) Life Science
7 18 (1.67%) Product Ownership
8 16 (1.49%) NHS
9 15 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.39%) Smartphone
10 14 (1.30%) IVR
11 13 (1.21%) Equity Derivative
11 13 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 12 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
13 11 (1.02%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.02%) Onboarding
14 8 (0.74%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.74%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 107 (9.94%) Windows
2 31 (2.88%) Linux
3 25 (2.32%) Windows 10
4 21 (1.95%) Unix
5 15 (1.39%) Android
6 14 (1.30%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (1.11%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.74%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.37%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.28%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.093%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (17.46%) Project Management
3 161 (14.95%) Business Intelligence
4 138 (12.81%) Customer Service
5 134 (12.44%) Data Analysis
6 126 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 123 (11.42%) Agile
8 93 (8.64%) Decision-Making
9 86 (7.99%) Data Management
10 81 (7.52%) Change Management
11 76 (7.06%) Time Management
12 74 (6.87%) Project Delivery
13 70 (6.50%) Mathematics
14 68 (6.31%) ITIL
15 67 (6.22%) Service Delivery
16 64 (5.94%) Risk Management
17 62 (5.76%) Analytics
18 57 (5.29%) PRINCE2
19 54 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
19 54 (5.01%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 176 (16.34%) SQL
2 71 (6.59%) VBA
3 61 (5.66%) C#
4 57 (5.29%) Python
5 35 (3.25%) PL/SQL
6 33 (3.06%) T-SQL
7 30 (2.79%) VB
8 26 (2.41%) Java
9 23 (2.14%) VB.NET
10 21 (1.95%) PowerShell
11 16 (1.49%) JavaScript
12 11 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.93%) C++
14 7 (0.65%) R
15 5 (0.46%) Scala
15 5 (0.46%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.37%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.37%) Perl
17 1 (0.093%) C
17 1 (0.093%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 255 (23.68%) Degree
2 126 (11.70%) Security Cleared
3 68 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.81%) DV Cleared
5 39 (3.62%) APMP
6 29 (2.69%) PMP
7 28 (2.60%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (1.49%) ACCA
11 15 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.30%) CIMA
13 13 (1.21%) A+ Certification
14 12 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (1.11%) MCSA
15 10 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
16 8 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 7 (0.65%) CCNA
18 6 (0.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (11.14%) PMO
2 101 (9.38%) QA
3 60 (5.57%) SLA
4 52 (4.83%) Data Quality
5 37 (3.44%) GDPR
6 19 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
7 9 (0.84%) EMIR
8 7 (0.65%) Dodd-Frank
8 7 (0.65%) MiFID
9 6 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.46%) GAMP
10 5 (0.46%) GMP
10 5 (0.46%) GxP
11 4 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.28%) P3O
System Software
1 62 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.093%) Cronacle
3 1 (0.093%) Firmware
3 1 (0.093%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.093%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (1.49%) SCCM
2 12 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
4 3 (0.28%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.19%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.19%) Control-M
5 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.19%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.093%) Iperf
Vendors
1 579 (53.76%) Microsoft
2 92 (8.54%) Oracle
3 79 (7.34%) SAP
4 51 (4.74%) ServiceNow
5 44 (4.09%) Citrix
6 34 (3.16%) Salesforce
7 28 (2.60%) Google
8 27 (2.51%) Bloomberg
9 21 (1.95%) Cisco
10 19 (1.76%) Adobe
11 18 (1.67%) Avaya
12 15 (1.39%) Apple
13 14 (1.30%) Red Hat
14 12 (1.11%) CyberArk
15 11 (1.02%) ION Trading
15 11 (1.02%) MarketAxess
15 11 (1.02%) Tradeweb
15 11 (1.02%) Verint
16 10 (0.93%) MicroStrategy
16 10 (0.93%) Northgate